Fak Yaass (2019)
- Genre
- LGBT-related television series
- Country
- Canada
- Length
- 1 season, 2 episodes
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young gay man returns to his small hometown to help care for his grandfather. He reconnects with his Greek Canadian family and navigates his place between two worlds.
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What happens
Fak Yaass is a Canadian television miniseries, which premiered in 2019 on OutTV. The series stars Vasilios Filippakis as Nico Nicolakis, a young gay man living in Toronto who is summoned home to Tecumseh by his Greek Canadian family to help take care of his ailing grandfather. The cast also includes Nicholas Combitsis, Helen Hayden, Stephanie Herrera, Shadrack Jackman, Steve Kaklamanos, Leanne Noelle Smith, Liz Taylor and Charlie David. The series was directed by Matthew McLaughlin for Bulldog Productions. The series title is a pun referencing both "fak yaas", an expression of approval common in contemporary LGBTQ culture, and fakes, a traditional Greek lentil soup. The series premiered on June 17, 2019, on OutTV as a two-part miniseries, and is also distributed as a ten-part web series on the channel's streaming platform OutTVGo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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